I remember reading a bunch of books saying how sucking on something was completely natural for babies and that we should not deprive babies of a pacifier.
Other books talked about the benefit of pacifiers and how they decrease the risk of death in newborn.
So of course, if you are one of those moms who have read hundred of books on babies and live a constant stress on always making the right decision for your baby, you may be one of those who thought that the pacifier was a good idea.
The thing is that all the benefit of pacifiers may be on page 25, but all the negative aspects are all on page 300 ! By the time you've reached that paragraph, your baby is already a toddler with a bad habit.
Now...I will not go on and blame those authors for not exposing all the aspect of one subject under the same page because pacifier for me was not such a bad idea when I knew that I was going to Haiti, which was undergoing a cholera outbreak at the time. Trust me...it seems that keeping a pacifier at all time to lock it up seemed like the best solution ;)
But 2 months in Haiti was a long time enough to let sit this bad habit...permanently....
So now, Noah is 19 months, pacifier in the mouth and Leon under the arm.
You are probably wondering who is Leon. Well, Leon is the other mistake !
He is Noah's doudou and he just can't live without him anymore.
Conclusion, Noah is always sick ! Between the pacifier and the doudou who are two things that are filled with millions of infectious bacterias, Noah has a throat infection once or twice a month.
So, here I am every two weeks at the doctor and every time wondering "oh my god...what happened again? Why is he always sick? "
But what can I do? That kid says "tetine" and "leon" about a hundred time during the day ! How can I do that to him???
.... Until next time
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